Starching-machine.



No. 731,050. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903. W. HESS, Jn.

STARGHING MACHINE.

. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1901.

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PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903.

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APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 26, 1901.

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Patented June 16, 1903.

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PATENT WENDELL HESS, JR., OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY COMPANY,

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SPECIFICATION forming part 3f Letters Patent No. 7 1,050, dated June 16, 1903.

Application filed Time 26, 1901 Serial No. 66,042. (No model.)

tion and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference maybe had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved starching-machine. Fig. 2 is a view of the same, partly in elevation and partly in cross-section, the section being taken on the broken line 2 2 in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the starch-supply tank detached. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of a portion of the feedtable detached. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the aperture adjusting-slide in a different position. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a portion of the delivery-table. Fig. 7 is a side or edge view of such portion. Fig. 8 is a view in cross-section of one of the table-supports detached taken on the broken line 8 8 in Fig. 9. Fig. 9 is a side view of one of the table-supports detached with one end broken.

away. Fig. 10 is a vertical longitudinal section of the end of the slide and the slotted table-leaf with which it cooperates, as shown at the left-hand end of Fig. 5. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, S, and 9 are drawn on an enlarged scale.

1 is the main frame of the machine provided with supporting-legs 2, and 3 a clothdrum or fabric-carrierjournaled inone end of the arms 4, the other ends of the arms being pivoted upon shaft 5. The shaft '6 of the drum is provided with the gear-pinion 7, en- 'gageable with the gear 8, fixed upon the shaft 5, and the latter gear is engageable with the pinion 9, fixed upon the shaft 10. The shaft 10 is also provided with a gear 12, engageable with the pinion 13, fixed on shaft 14. The gear-'15: also fixed on shaft 14, is engageable with the pinion 16, fixed on the shaft 17. The gear 18, also fixed on the shaft 17, is engageable with the pinion 19, fixed 011 shaft 20, which latter shaft is the main shaft and is provided with the driving-pulley 21 and loose pulley 22; also with a driving-pulley 23, which is connected by a belt 24 with the similar pulley 25, fixed upon shaft 26, rotary in bearings 27 and supporting on its projecting end the charging-roll 30, rotary in the starch-supply tank 31.

It will be seen from the connections above described that the charging-roll and the drum or fabric-carrier are arranged to contact with each other and are both driven by the main shaft 20, the drum being so connected as to receive a comparatively slow rotary movement, and the charging-roll is so connected as to receive a comparatively high rate of peripheral speed, so that when the drum and roll engage with each other the periphery of the roll slips upon the periphery of the drum and is adapted to force the starch into the fabric between the roll and the drum, substantially as described in a former patent issued to me October 3, 1890, No. 634,346, to which reference may be had.

One of the objects of my present invention is to facilitate the operation of feeding the starch to the roll and drum or fabric-carrier. In carrying out this object I place the charging-roll beneath thedrum and inclose it within the starch-receptaclefor example, tank 31so that when the tank is filled or partly filled with starch the roll is partly immersed therein, and the rotary movement of the roll tends to force the starch up between the roll and drum. In practice the roll is rotated at a high rate of speed, and if the tank was left open it would almost instantly be emptied of its starch by the rapidity of the rotating roll. As a means for regulating the flow of starch I provide a feed-table on the front side of the roll, such as the metal plate or leaf 32, supported by angle-irons 33, secured to the opposite end walls of the tank, as by screws 34, and in an inclined position descending toward the roll, as seen in Fig. 2. The angle-iron is provided at its lower end with the slot 35, in which the lower edge of the leaf 32 is inserted to prevent its being lifted by the movements of the roll and starch. This leaf can be easily removed from the tank for the purpose of filling the tank or gcttin g access to other parts by sliding the leaf forward from the slot and up the inclined supports out of the tank. Beneath the leaf or table I provide a cross bar or rod 36, in which is inserted the blade 37, as seen in Fig. 2. The rod is pivotally supported by a pin 38, at each end passed through the end walls of the tank or through the inclined supports, as seen in Fig. 3, whereby the blade 37 is adapted to oscillate to and from the charging-roll. In Fig. 2 the blade is shown in contact with the roll. This mechanism may be termed a separator, as it serves to separate the starch from the roll and prevents its expulsion between the roll and the end of the table. The table-leaf is provided just forward of the separator with a se ries of apertures e0, through which the starch is forced by the roll after being separated from the roll by the separator-blade 37 up onto the upper surface of the table,-on which surface the starch flows by gravity down to the roll and is then fed in between the roll and the drum with the fabric, which is pushed down the upper surface of the table toward the roll. The plate ll, secured by the angleflange 42 to the table-leaf, as by rivets 43, serves to guide the starch which is separated from the roll by the separatorblade up through the apertures to the upper surface of the table.

As a means for regulating the flow of starch through the table-apertures I provide a slide 45, consisting of a plate extending transversely of the table and supported within flanges 46, secured to the under side of the table, as by the rivets 47. This slide is provided with apertures 48, similar to and located to register with the apertures in the table-leaf when the slide is in the position shown in Fig. 4. The slide is provided with the projection 49, movable in the slot in the table-leaf, by which the the slide can be moved back and forth by the hand of the operator, and when the slide is moved to the position shown in Fig. 5 the apertures 40 of the table (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5) are wholly closed by the slide. It is obvious that by proper manipulation of the slide the table-apertures may be partially closed and adjusted to any desired capacity, thereby regulating the flow of starch from the tank onto the table.

As the fabric is passed through between the roll and the drum it adheres to the outer surface of the clothing of the drum, from which it can be removed by hand and placed on the delivery-table 51, which is supported by angle-irons on the walls of the tank in the same manner that the table-leaf 32 is supported. This delivery-table is shown composed of a single sheet or plate of metal having the edge nearest to the roll slitted and the tongues 52, formed by the slits, given a quarter twist or turn, as seen in Figs. 6 and 7,

whereby the tongues may be secured in position. at their ends by means of a rod 53, passing through apertures in the ends of the tongues, with collars 54 between them, and secured in position by nut 55 on the end of the rod 53. These tongues are thus made to form a grating presenting openings 56, through which any surplus starch coming with. the fabric from between the roll and the drum can pass down into the tank again.

The starch-supply tank is provided with a flaring side 60, which rises above the feedtable or tank-cover just opposite the free end of the rapidly-rotating charging-roll and a sufficient distance from it to enable the operator to more readily feed one portion of the garmentas, for example, the bosom of a shirtbetween the roll and carrier, while the other portion, as the body part of a shirt, passes by the ends of the roll and carrier between such ends and the side wall of the tank without being fed between the roll and carrier to receive the starch. When desired, the space between the ends of the charging-roll and the end walls of the tank may be filled in between the neighboring edges of the feedtable and the delivery-table, as by blocks of wood 61, secured at each end by the inclined table-supports or to the end walls of the tank in any known manner, as by screws 62. (Shown in Fig. 3.)

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a starching-machine, the combination with a movable fabric-carrier, and means for moving the carrier; of a subjacent cooperative charging-roll; a starch-supply tank containing the charging-roll; a feed-table for feeding the starch and fabric to the roll; a separator, cooperative with the roll, beneath the feed-table; and means for forcing starch from the tank up onto the feed-table.

2. In a starching-machine, the combination with a movable fabric-carrier; a subjacent cooperative charging-roll; and a starch-supply tank containing the charging-roll; of a feed-table leading downwardly to the roll, and provided with a series of apertures a short distance from the roll; a separator beneath thetable between such apertures and the roll; and means for communicating movements to the carrier and roll.

3. In a starching-machine, the combination with a movable fabric-carrier, and means for moving the carrier; of a subjacent cooperative charging-roll; a supply-tank containing the charging-roll; a feed -table for feeding the starch and fabric to the roll; means for forcing the starch from the tank up onto the feed-table, and a delivery-table located rearwardly of the roll, substantially as described.

4. In a starching-maohine, the combination with a movable fabric-carrier and means for imparting to the carrier a comparatively slow carrying movement; of a subjacent cooperative charging-roll; means for imparting to the roll a comparatively high rate of periphestarch-supply tank containing the rapidlyrotating chargingroll and provided with a flaring side opposite the unsupported end of the roll, and rising above the covering feedtable, substantially as described.

5. In a starching-machine, the combination with a movable fabric-carrier; and means for imparting to the carrier a comparatively slow carrying movement; of a subjacent cooperative charging-roll; means for imparting to the roll a comparatively high rate of peripheral speed; a starchsupply tank containing the roll; a feed-table for carrying along its upper surface the fabric and starch to the roll; a-

separator-blade engageable with the roll to bridge the space between the roll and the lower side of the feed-table; and means for forcing starch to the upper side of the feed-table and beyond the direct influence of the roll.

0. In a starching-machine, the combination with a. movable fabric-carrier; a subjacent cooperative charging-roll; a starclvsupply tank containing the charging-roll; a feedtable forming a partial cover for the tank and provided with a series of apertures; of a corrcspondingly-apertured slide movable transversely of the apertures in the table; means for moving the slide; means for forcing starch up through the apertures in the table and slide; and means for communicating movements to the carrier and roll.

7. In a starching-machine, the combination with a starch-supply tank adapted to contain starch and a roll rotary therein; of table-supports secured to opposite sides of the tank rearwardly of the roll; and a detachable delivery-table of sheet metal held in a stationary position on such supports, and having starch-receiving apertures leading from near the roll into the tank formed by slitting the inner edge of the table, giving the slit-formed WENDELL HESS, JR.

W'itnesses:

GEo. A. MOSHER, E. M. OREILLY. 

